[R] Looking for a function or a set of steps
Rolf Turner
ro||turner @end|ng |rom po@teo@net
Tue May 20 01:24:49 CEST 2025
On Mon, 19 May 2025 19:00:58 -0400
<avi.e.gross using gmail.com> wrote:
> Rolf,
>
> If it is homework, I have to wonder at what level the class is before
> any of the proposed answers would be considered acceptable by the
> instructor. For a true beginner who has not even learned that much of
> R is vectorized, we are back to perhaps using a manual loop with
> indices and ...
>
> I will say that these days, I see too many assignments handed in by
> novices, such as 12-year-old kids that strike me as clearly done with
> help even beyond what a parent might have used in days gone by. I
> have done keyword searches and found copying whole paragraphs and
> graphs and images from sources like Wiki, propaganda included, and,
> of course, in programming courses, code. Sometimes it is even simpler
> and assembled by an "AI" which implicitly did the equivalent of a
> guided internet search.
It's depressing. ☹️
cheers,
Rolf
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